Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Efforts 2001 Annual Report
Day K and Bonzo TG. 2002. Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Efforts 2001 Annual Report. Utah Prairie Dog recovery efforts annual report. 02-29. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Cedar City, UT
Utah prairie dog recovery efforts in 2001 consisted of conducting annual spring counts, administering the translocation and control programs, conducting habitat vegetation studies, implementing a county-wide Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for Iron County and writing a county-wide HCP for Garfield County. A total of 4,217 adult Utah prairie dogs were counted rangewide, an decrease of 1,661 animals from 2000 figures. Counts on public lands decreased to 981adults, while counts on private lands decreased to 3,236. UPD on private lands comprised 77% of the total population. Counts in the West Desert Recovery Area decreased 28% from 2000, while counts in the Paunsaugunt Recovery Area decreased 21% and counts in the Awapa Plateau Recovery Area decreased 51% from 1998, the fourth consecutive year of decrease. In the Paunsaugunt Recovery Area, 78 UPD were translocated from five different colonies to the Berry Springs translocation site, and 94 prairie dogs were translocated and supplemented to the East Creek colony. A total of 225 UPD from ten different colonies in the West Desert Recovery Area to the Dominguez-Escalante translocation site. Seventy control permits were issued to 34 individuals, allowing take of 3,719 UPD. Reported take was 1,626 prairie dogs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Day, Keith; Bonzo, Teresa
- Date of Issue
- 2002-12
- Publisher
- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
- Units
- BRCA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Census, Colonies, Cynomys parvidens, Garfield County Utah, Habitat, Mammals, Population, Public Land, Rodent, Threatened-Endangered-Sensitive Animals, Translocation, Utah Prairie Dog, Vegetation Studies